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Don McLean is "not a happy person". The 76-year-old singer is "fragile" and "feels things acutely" so has learned over the years the best way to protect himself is not to place too many demands on his time and to avoid pushing himself to exhaustion. He said: "I'm not a happy person. I’m a blue person a lot of times, for a lot of reasons. When I look back at my childhood I don’t see a shining picture of love and warmth and togetherness. I see an empty house with me in it, separated from people. So I created my own world and fell in love with that... "It’s very hard for guys like me who are poet...
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Don Mclean has dropped out of his National Rifle Association Convention performance “in light" of the second deadliest school mass shooting in US history. The ‘American Pie’ singer-songwriter will no longer do the Houston show put on by the gun pressure group, the NRA - where Lee Greenwood, Danielle Peck and Larry Gatlin are billed to perform - as it would be “disrespectful and hurtful” after 19 children and two teachers were shot dead at Robb Elementary School by an 18-year-old mass shooter in the Texas city of Uvalde. The 76-year-old musician told TMZ: “In light of the recent events in Texas...
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Don McLean has hailed Taylor Swift as a "force of nature". The 76-year-old star has heaped praise on Taylor, 32, after her ten-minute version of 'All Too Well' overtook his own 'American Pie' as the longest-in-length chart-topper in US history. He told People magazine: "Taylor takes the whole new form of entertainment to the peak by making these phenomenal videos and records and doing these massive tours that are successful, and so on and so forth. "It's really good for young people who want to get into this business. You can make it as a singer with a guitar if you figure out what Ed [Sheeran...
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Don McLean says having asthma saved him from "drinking himself to death". The 'American Pie' musician - who missed a lot of school due to the respiratory illness - has claimed the education system "knocks" the creativity out of children, and he thinks in another life he would have struggled being "a really boring person at a bank". He told The i newspaper: "Children are all naturally creative – until school knocks it out of them. They sing, they paint, they invent stuff... “One of the advantages of having asthma is that it kept me out of school for long periods for many years. I was able to de...
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Don McLean thinks Taylor Swift should have hired a better lawyer. The 31-year-old singer decided to re-record her early albums after Scooter Braun purchased her former record label, Big Machine Label Group, for $300 million, and with it acquired the rights to her back catalogue before selling them on to Shamrock Holdings, and the 'American Pie' hitmaker highlighted the fact her situation shows the importance of "ironclad" paper work and knowledgeable legal representation. Asked his advice to new artists, Don said: "Get a good lawyer you can trust who knows contracts. I have a great one – I’ve ...
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Don McLean's ex-wife has branded the singer "disgusting" and "merciless" after recently vowing to disinherit their daughter. The 'American Pie' hitmaker - whose 31-year-old daughter Jackie has alleged emotional and mental abuse by the singer - recently admitted he "stopped supporting" his offspring in 2020, and won't be leaving her $3 million in trust any more, and his former spouse Patrisha McLean claimed he has spent years tormenting his family with "post-separation abuse". She told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: “That’s what’s happening now. He’s punishing the children. It’s...
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Don McLean's daughter has insisted she "disinherited" herself. The 'American Pie' hitmaker - whose 31-year-old daughter Jackie has alleged emotional and mental abuse by the singer - recently admitted he "stopped supporting" his offspring in 2020, and won't be leaving her $3 million in trust any more but now she's hit back and insisted she decided to deliberately antagonise the 75-year-old singer because she was tired of years of being "manipulated, controlled, afraid and silenced" by her father. And Jackie claimed the threat of being disinherited has hung over her for her "whole life" but she'...
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Don McLean has cut off his daughter's $3 million inheritance. The 'American Pie' hitmaker - whose 31-year-old daughter Jackie has alleged emotional and mental abuse by the singer - admitted he "stopped supporting" her in 2020, and he "disinherited" her following her claims. He told the Daily Mail newspaper: "I stopped supporting my daughter last year. I have a son, you know, who grew up the same way, who thinks I'm a great father and who has none of these complaints. "But I said to my daughter, 'If you speak out about me and trash me, I'm going to disinherit you.' And she did and she's been au...
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